3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cockatoo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cockatoo Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in Cockatoo Valley, which is well above the state and national figures. This makes it one of the largest household sizes for its area type. Most homes are filled by families with children, leaving very few people living on their own.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cockatoo Valley — higher than 88% of areas.
| Cockatoo Valley | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 5351, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 9.8% of people live alone, a figure far below the national rate of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is large, with 3.1 people per dwelling compared to 2.4 across South Australia.
9.8% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cockatoo Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 67.0%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5.9%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.9% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cockatoo Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cockatoo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40276/cockatoo-valley/topic/family-households